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Title: The Ohio Story Radio Scripts, MSS 218 Files 1-24 Digitized Scripts Available: www.ogsarchive.org

The Ohio Story scripts were donated by the author's son, Jonathan Seidel, Cleveland, Ohio, on 12 Aug 1996. The original finding aid, developed by librarian Elizabeth Glasgow, said: "Collection contains the original scripts of the radio show, The Ohio Story, which aired in Cleveland during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Collection includes 2 stapled indexes to scripts running (by location) through Ada to Mesopotamia, Ohio, and 23 spiral-bound collections of scripts. Two sheets of biographical material about the author Frank Seidel are also included. The scripts read as such, complete with orchestra prompts, commercial breaks, etc. Not all scripts in the index were included in the donation."

In 2014, librarian Tom Neel received a $2000 Ohio Archives Grant (funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), an arm of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) through their State and National Archival Partnership (SNAP) Grants program) to digitize the scripts.

Developed by Strongsville native and historian Frank Seidel, the shows aired three times per week from 1947 to 1967 in Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Youngstown, and Zanesville. The sponsor was the Ohio Bell Telephone Company and the narrator was initially Robert Waldrop, and later, Nelson Olmsted (1914-1982). These were short pieces about Ohio communities, events, and personalities, generally ten minutes in length, and were used to fill air time after a 20-minute news block. They were conversational history, bringing in current events and a lot of humor. Later scripts were also written by William Ellis, known for his Rivers of America series. A television version was initiated in June 1952. Stuart Buchanan was the director throughout. Both Tom Field and Robert Waldrop served as announcers.

The episodes held by OGS have been scanned and are on the web site: www.ogsarchive.org

Bulk Dates: 1947-1955 Inclusive Dates: 1947-2014 Access: no restrictions

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MSS 218 Files 1-24

Title: The Ohio Story Radio Scripts

Bulk Dates: 1947-1955

Inclusive Dates: 1947-2014

Description: 4 boxes, 24 files, containing 23 plastic comb-bound notebooks with 1309 episodes (not complete). The typed episodes vary in length from 2 to 8 pages and are in 8 ½ x 11 format.

Organization:

Box 1

File 1 Original finding aid, 1996, E. A. Glasgow About the Project Frank Siedel Obituary and Biography (retyped) Frank Siedel Biography (original) Ohio Story Radio Scripts header designed for grant project William D. Ellis Biography William Donohue Ellis Tombstone Digitization of The Ohio Story Script, Bringing Radio Back to Life grant application Western Reserve Historical Society MS 4272 finding aid 2014 SNAP grant recipients list Ohio Story Script project task list List of missing scripts World Publishing Company records finding aid, Kent State University Frank Siedel obituary Original draft sample – Colonel Johnston’s Commission Submitted draft sample – Colonel Johnston’s Commission List of story ideas, handwritten on Manuscripts by Storycraft Incorporated stationery Location index of scripts, Ada through Mesopotamia

File 2 - Volume 1, Number 1, Episodes from January to March 1947 001 – 6 Jan 1947 – Knowest thou the Land? 002 – 8 Jan 1947 – Annie Oakley 003 – 10 Jan 1947 – The French Five Hundred 004 – 13 Jan 1947 – The Muskingum Conservancy 005 – 15 Jan 1947 – The Battelle Memorial Institute 006 – 17 Jan 1947 – The Son of Mother Machree 007 – 20 Jan 1947 – The Country Store 008 – 22 Jan 1947 – John Rarey, Humanitarian 009 – 24 Jan 1947 – Little Switzerland 010 – 27 Jan 1947 – Ohio State vs. Michigan 1835 011 – 29 Jan 1947 – Everybody’s Bank 012 – 31 Jan 1947 – Johnny Appleseed 013 – 3 Feb 1947 – The Bee Man 014 – 5 Feb 1947 – The Columbus Boys’ Choir 015 – 7 Feb 1947 – Henry Howe, Traveling Historian 016 – 10 Feb 1947 – The Edison Story 017 – 12 Feb 1947 – Ohio and Lincoln 018 – 14 Feb 1947 – When Old Betsy Spoke 019 – 17 Feb 1947 – Mounties Away 020 – 19 Feb 1947 – Why Ohio is Called the Buckeye State 021 – 21 Feb 1947 – The Master of Pleasant Valley 022 – 24 Feb 1947 – Ohio’s Weather Men 023 – 26 Feb 1947 – The Hole in the Earth 024 – 28 Feb 1947 – Country Editor 025 – 3 Mar 1947 – The Telephone Comes to Ohio 026 – 5 Mar 1947 – The House that Jack Built 027 – 7 Mar 1947 – Highway Patrol 028 – 10 Mar 1947 – What’s in a Name? 029 – 12 Mar 1947 – Star Light, Star Bright 030 – 14 Mar 1947 – Cooper – Besemer 031 – 17 Mar 1947 – Secrets of the Soil 032 – 19 Mar 1947 – The Light that Burned 100 Years 033 – 21 Mar 1947 – Davey Tree Doctor 034 – 24 Mar 1947 – Richest Town in the World 035 – 26 Mar 1947 – Tell Taylor 036 – 28 Mar 1947 – Men of Zoar 037 – 31 Mar 1947 – Blennerhassett Conspiracy

File 3 – Volume 1, Number 4, Episodes from October to November 1947 116 – 1 Oct 1947 – The Second Frontier 117 – 3 Oct 1947 – Zane’s Trace 118 – 6 Oct 1947 – Country Bank 119 – 8 Oct 1947 – Cleveland Play House 120 – 10 Oct 1947 – Ulysses S. Grant 121 – 13 Oct 1947 – Ohio Jigsaw 122 – 15 Oct 1947 – University of Light 123 – 17 Oct 1947 – Orrville Apple Butter 124 – 20 Oct 1947 – Ohio University 125 – 22 Oct 1947 – Captain Mary 126 – 24 Oct 1947 – Wherever Men Trade 127 – 27 Oct 1947 – The Gay Cabellero (Frank Crumit) 128 – 29 Oct 1947 – Old Granville 129 – 31 Oct 1947 – Hallowe’en at Mac-o-Chee 130 – 3 Nov 1947 – Jay Cooke, Financier 131 – 5 Nov 1947 – Air Frontier 132 – 7 Nov 1947 – Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio’s Third President 133 – 10 Nov 1947 – Dentistry’s First Home 134 – 12 Nov 1947 – Quaker Man 135 – 14 Nov 1947 – The Galloping Pen of Charles Alden Seltzer 136 – 17 Nov 1947 – Tecumseh, Chief of the Chiefs 137 – 19 Nov 1947 – The Little Red Schoolhouse 138 – 21 Nov 1947 – The Ivory Palaces 139 – 24 Nov 1947 – Under the Oberlin Elm 140 – 26 Nov 1947 – Thanksgiving on Third Street 141 – 28 Nov 1947 – The Egg and Mrs. Lifer 142 – 1 Dec 1947 – Bells of Hillsboro 143 – 3 Dec 1947 – Ohio in New York 144 – 5 Dec 1947 – Belle of the Ball 145 – 8 Dec 1947 – The Inn on the Old Portage Road 146 – 10 Dec 1947 – The Cary Sisters 147 – 12 Dec 1947 – The Amish Brethren 148 – 15 Dec 1947 – Mem’ry of Sandusky 149 – 17 Dec 1947 – Queen of the Rails 150 – 19 Dec 1947 – A College Comes to Oxford 151 – 22 Dec 1947 – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 152 – 24 Dec 1947 – The Ghost of Christmas Past 153 – 26 Dec 1947 – Dickens Didn’t Like Us 154 – 29 Dec 1947 – The Good Dr. Goodrich 155 – 31 Dec 1947 – Good Resolutions

File 4 – Volume 2, Number 1, Episodes for January to March 1948 156 – 2 Jan 1948 – Crown Jewels of Oberlin 157 – 5 Jan 1948 – Ohio Story Birthday 158 – 7 Jan 1948 – Annie Oakley’s Rifle 159 – 9 Jan 1948 – Tell Taylor 160 – 12 Jan 1948 – Who is There to Mourn for Logan 161 – 14 Jan 1948 – The House that Jack Built 162 – 16 Jan 1948 – Johnny Appleseed 163 – 19 Jan 1948 – The Charity that Began at Home 164 – 21 Jan 1948 – Sunset Cox 165 – 23 Jan 1948 – The Coonskin Library 166 – 26 Jan 1948 – Old Kenyon 167 – 28 Jan 1948 – William McKinley, President 168 – 30 Jan 1948 – Super Super-Market 169 – 2 Feb 1948 – Dr. Ebersole’s Experiment 170 – 4 Feb 1948 – The Man who Wrote his Name on a Star 171 – 6 Feb 1948 – Correspondent from Pigeon Roost 172 – 9 Feb 1948 – The First Hundred Years 173 – 11 Feb 1948 – The Lincoln Men 174 – 13 Feb 1948 – The Miracle at Scio 175 – 16 Feb 1948 – The Man who Engineered a College 176 – 18 Feb 1948 – The Pied Piper of Toledo 177 – 20 Feb 1948 – Mother Thompson and the Meanest Man in Ohio 178 – 23 Feb 1948 – Golden Lamb of Lebanon 179 – 25 Feb 1948 – From the Shores of Gitche Gumee 180 – 27 Feb 1948 – Capital Makes Music 181 – 1 Mar 1948 – The Modern McGuffey 182 – 3 Mar 1948 – The Law We Live By 183 – 5 Mar 1948 – It Beats as it Sweeps as it Cleans 184 – 8 Mar 1948 – The Long-Handled Shovel 185 – 10 Mar 1948 – Ohio Northern University 186 – 12 Mar 1948 – The Everlasting Stand of General Custer 187 – 15 Mar 1948 – Howard Chandler Christy 188 – 17 Mar 1948 – The Fightin’ McCooks 189 – 19 Mar 1948 – The Toledo Plan 190 – 22 Mar 1948 – Little Ben 191 – 24 Mar 1948 – Farm and Home Week 192 – 26 Mar 1948 – Back to America’s Singing Boys 193 – 29 Mar 1948 – Ink on his Fingers 194 – 31 Mar 1948 – And Watch the Lily Grow

File 5 – Volume 2, Number 2, Episodes for April to June (July) 1948 195 – 2 Apr 1948 – Ad Infinitum 196 – 5 Apr 1948 – Myeerah and the White Eagle 197 – 7 Apr 1948 – Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts 198 – 9 Apr 1948 – Tom Brown’s Book 199 – 12 Apr 1948 – The Circuit Rider 200 – 14 Apr 1948 – The Port at Toledo 201 – 16 Apr 1948 – Facts Authentication 202 – 19 Apr 1948 – Better Business 203 – 21 Apr 1948 – The Second “R” 204 – 23 Apr 1948 – Hombre from Ohio 205 – 26 Apr 1948 – The Law Begins 206 – 28 Apr 1948 – Youngstown Justice 207 – 30 Apr 1948 – The Hiram Plan 208 – 3 May 1948 – Mad Anne Bailey’s Empty Grave 209 – 5 May 1948 – Art is for Everybody 210 – 7 May 1948 – Simon Girty vs. Civilization 211 – 10 May 1948 – The Immortal J.N. 212 – 12 May 1948 – Up from the South at Break of Day 213 – 14 May 1948 – Elsie Dinsmore’s Plantation 214 – 17 May 1948 – Forest Rose, Part One 215 – 19 May 1948 – Ezra Keller’s College 216 – 21 May 1948 – The Gate and Governor Simcoe 217 – 24 May 1948 – Forest Rose, Part Two 218 – 26 May 1948 – Henry Sherwin’s Guarantee 219 – 28 May 1948 – Eddie Rickenbacker, Trouble Shooter 220 – 31 May 1948 – The Everlasting Glory 221 – 2 Jun 1948 – The Big Ditch 222 – 4 Jun 1948 – The Third “R” – ‘Rithmetic Ray 223 – 7 Jun 1948 – What’s in a Name 224 – 9 Jun 1948 – Howard Call’s Farm 225 – 11 Jun 1948 – Life Without Father 226 – 14 Jun 1948 – The Roarin’ Road 227 – 16 Jun 1948 – The Line Across Ohio 228 – 18 Jun 1948 – Editor Scripps 229 – 21 Jun 1948 – The Skipper’s Boys 230 – 23 Jun 1948 – Mr. Willard’s Box of Lightning 231 – 25 Jun 1948 – Lake Erie Curb Service 232 – 28 Jun 1948 – Pearson of the Blade 233 – 30 Jun 1948 – Indian Mill at Upper Sandusky 234 – 2 Jul 1948 – The Ice Cometh

File 6 – Volume 2, Number 3, July to September 1948 235 – 5 Jul 1948 – Jasper Meek and the School Bags 236 – 7 Jul 1948 – The Lazarus Boys 237 – 9 Jul 1948 – Preface to Chapter One, the Election of Rufus Putnam 238 – 12 Jul 1948 – Almeda Adams 239 – 14 Jul 1948 – The Sons of Dan’l Beard 240 – 16 Jul 1948 – Medicine Man for the Blues 241 – 19 Jul 1948 – Chief Tarhe’s Decision 242 – 21 Jul 1948 – Locks and Robbers 243 – 23 Jul 1948 – The Day of the Race 244 – 26 Jul 1948 – The Governor’s Daughter 245 – 28 Jul 1948 – Mr. Baseball 246 – 30 Jul 1948 – The City that Wouldn’t be Doomed 247 – 2 Aug 1948 – The Man who ran 3000 Miles 248 – 4 Aug 1948 – The ‘Scope of Ormsby Mitchell 249 – 6 Aug 1948 – Sherman’s March to the Sea 250 – 9 Aug 1948 – Captain Eddie Fights the Sea 251 – 11 Aug 1948 – The Road from Circleville 252 – 13 Aug 1948 – John Brown’s Body 253 – 16 Aug 1948 – After the Storm 254 – 18 Aug 1948 – The Secret of the Serpent 255 – 20 Aug 1948 – Here Comes the Showboat 256 – 23 Aug 1948 – Account Payable 257 – 25 Aug 1948 – The Taming of Lottie Moon 258 – 27 Aug 1948 – The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue 259 – 30 Aug 1948 – White House People 260 – 1 Sep 1948 – Ohio’s Flying Farmers 261 – 3 Sep 1948 – Air Race 262 – 6 Sep 1948 – Along the Roadbed of the Freedom Trail 263 – 8 Sep 1948 – Bishop Rappe’s Cathedral 264 – 10 Sep 1948 – W. J.’s Funeral 265 – 13 Sep 1948 – Is Everybody Happy? 266 – 15 Sep 1948 – The Siege of Fort Meigs 267 – 17 Sep 1948 – The Squirrel Hunters 268 – 20 Sep 1948 – Charles Kettering’s Problem 269 – 22 Sep 1948 – The Bent, Zigzag, and Crooked 270 – 24 Sep 1948 – The Western Star of Lebanon

Box 2 File 7 – Volume 3, Number 1, Episodes from January to March 1949 313 – 3 Jan 1949 – Happy Birthday to You 314 – 5 Jan 1949 – Names on our Land 315 – 7 Jan 1949 – Captain Eddie Fights the Sea 316 – 10 Jan 1949 – Rare Book Man 317 – 12 Jan 1949 – The Post Boy Murder 318 – 14 Jan 1949 – Atomic Yardstick 319 – 17 Jan 1949 – Buckeye Cargo 320 – 19 Jan 1949 – Sam Smith and the Shrewd Virginian 321 – 21 Jan 1949 – Farm and Fireside 322 – 24 Jan 1949 – Karamu House of Cleveland 323 – 26 Jan 1949 – Mr. Lincoln’s Right Hand 324 – 28 Jan 1949 – Mission to the Wyandots 325 – 31 Jan 1949 – Cobalt 60 326 – 2 Feb 1949 – Bet-a-Million Gates 327 – 4 Feb 1949 – Billy Ingram’s Castle 328 – 7 Feb 1949 – The Embarrassing History of John Piatt 329 – 9 Feb 1949 – I’ve Been Workin’ on a Railroad 330 – 11 Feb 1949 – The Hoax that Nominated Lincoln 331 – 14 Feb 1949 – Mr. Woodward Returns 332 – 16 Feb 1949 – Liederkranz, Ohio 333 – 18 Feb 1949 – Philharmonic Tonight 334 – 21 Feb 1949 – Chief Ogontz 335 – 23 Feb 1949 – Man on Display 336 – 25 Feb 1949 – Henry Timken’s Advice 337 – 28 Feb 1949 – Boys’ Village, Ohio 338 – 2 Mar 1949 – Vicky Claflin Returns 339 – 4 Mar 1949 – The Magic Life of Howard Thurston 340 – 7 Mar 1949 – Dr. Moseley’s Unanswered Mail 341 – 9 Mar 1949 – Before the Storm 342 – 11 Mar 1949 – Cornstalk of the Shawnees 343 – 14 Mar 1949 – Barney Oldfield on the Cinder Circuit 344 – 16 Mar 1949 – Captain Riley’s Reward 345 – 18 Mar 1949 – Anton Grdina Comes to America 346 – 21 Mar 1949 – The Walk-in-the-Water 347 – 23 Mar 1949 – The Railroad on Stilts 348 – 25 Mar 1949 – Council on World Affairs 349 – 28 Mar 1949 – Missionary from Crooked Tree 350 – 30 Mar 1949 – Glass is What you Make it

File 8 – Volume 3, Number 2, Episodes from April to June 1949 351 – missing 352 – 4 Apr 1949 – The Musical Children of Grandpa Speaks 353 – 6 Apr 1949 – The Captivity of Matthew Brayton 354 – 8 Apr 1949 – The Trial of Dorsey Viers 355 – 11 Apr 1949 – “Hot Dog” Stevens 356 – 13 Apr 1949 – Tall Timber in Ohio 357 – 15 Apr 1949 – Prof. Al’s Conservatory 358 – 18 Apr 1949 – The Birth of the Majors 359 – 20 Apr 1949 – Edwin Coppoc’s Conscience 360 – 22 Apr 1949 – Verity Day 361 – 25 Apr 1949 – Ohio’s Scotland Yard 362 – 27 Apr 1949 – The Man who wasn’t President 363 – 29 Apr 1949 – The Columbus Girlchoir 364 – 2 May 1949 – Steel for the Republic 365 – 4 May 1949 – The Way of a Transgressor 366 – 6 May 1949 – Catherine Fay 367 – 9 May 1949 – Pasture Factory in Delaware 368 – 11 May 1949 – Prima Donna Wanted 369 – 13 May 1949 – A Stranger in Minerva 370 – 16 May 1949 – Jedediah Smith and the Far Ranges 371 – 18 May 1949 – The Seed of Wisdom 372 – 20 May 1949 – Bert Hall and the Fortunes of War 373 – 23 May 1949 – Twin Coach of Kent 374 – 25 May 1949 – Lorenzo Carter’s City 375 – 27 May 1949 – Signal 5 376 – 30 May 1949 – A Star for Shorty 377 – 1 Jun 1949 – Justice for Addison White 378 – 3 Jun 1949 – Rise-up of William Allen, the Ohio Gong 379 – 6 Jun 1949 – Sandusky Makes its Mark 380 – 8 Jun 1949 – Daniel Drake M.D. 381 – 10 Jun 1949 – Adam Poe’s Monument 382 – 13 Jun 1949 – Brady’s Leap 383 – 15 Jun 1949 – Berea Grit 384 – 17 Jun 1949 – Buckeye Boys State 385 – 20 Jun 1949 – Five Panels for Garfield 386 – 22 Jun 1949 – The Education of Harvey Firestone 387 – 24 Jun 1949 – E = mc2 388 – 27 Jun 1949 – Hull 866 389 – 29 Jun 1949 – The Making of a Patriarch

File 9 – Volume 3, Number 3, Episodes from July to September 1949 390 – 1 Jul 1949 – John Himmelein, Show Businessman 391 – 4 Jul 1949 – Vince Kunkler’s Declaration of Independence 392 – 6 Jul 1949 – The Difficult Days of John Cleves Symmes 393 – 8 Jul 1949 – Uncommon Carrier 394 – 11 Jul 1949 – Jim Jeffries on the Mountaintop 395 – 13 Jul 1949 – Death to Seneca John 396 – 15 Jul 1949 – Hello McClusky 397 – 18 Jul 1949 – Connecticut’s Last Acre 398 – 20 Jul 1949 – Fifty Years of Fun 399 – 22 Jul 1949 – Ohio Robs a Bank 400 – 25 Jul 1949 – The Switzer Boys, Inc. 401 – 27 Jul 1949 – Builders of the Fleet 402 – 29 Jul 1949 – James Birdseye McPherson, the Pride of Clyde 403 – 1 Aug 1949 – The Amish Budget of Sugar Creek 404 – 3 Aug 1949 – Mary Ingles’ Escape 405 – 5 Aug 1949 – Beauty and the Beasts 406 – 8 Aug 1949 – The Forgotten Battle of George Rogers Clark 407 – 10 Aug 1949 – Mail Detective 408 – 12 Aug 1949 – Laboratory on Lake Erie 409 – 15 Aug 1949 – The Third Mr. Rand 410 – 17 Aug 1949 – Everything’s OK 411 – 19 Aug 1949 – Lillian Jae’s Smorgasbord 412 – 22 Aug 1949 – The Promise of Apple Creek 413 – 24 Aug 1949 – Marvin Kent’s Footnote 414 – 26 Aug 1949 – Port of Ohio 415 – 29 Aug 1949 – Pistol-Packin’ Editor 416 – 31 Aug 1949 – Ambassador at Work 417 – 2 Sep 1949 – Ohio in the Air 418 – 5 Sep 1949 – The Laborer in the Vineyard 419 – 7 Sep 1949 – Joshua Giddings, Freedom’s Prophet 420 – 9 Sep 1949 – The Difficult Standards of Barney Kroger 421 – 12 Sep 1949 – Blow, Gabriel, Blow 422 – 14 Sep 1949 – Sam Keener, Engineer-at-Large 423 – 16 Sep 1949 – Dr. Winans’ Fourth Generation 424 – 19 Sep 1949 – Tenting Tonight 425 - missing 426 – 23 Sep 1949 – The Court that Cares 427 – 26 Sep 1949 – Josiah Fox, the Fighting Quaker of Colerain 428 – 28 Sep 1949 – County Agent 429 – 30 Sep 1949 – Ballistics Laboratory

File 10 – Volume 4, Number 1, Episodes from January to March 1950 469 – 2 Jan 1950 – Bob Riley’s Year 470 – 4 Jan 1950 – The Good Ship “John Farnum” 471 – 6 Jan 1950 – Birth of a City 472 – 9 Jan 1950 – An Ounce of Prevention 473 – 11 Jan 1950 – Pap’s Diary 474 – 13 Jan 1950 – Centinel of the Northwest 475 – 16 Jan 1950 – Tom Ewing, Prosecuting Attorney 476 – 18 Jan 1950 – What’s New at Battelle 477 – 20 Jan 1950 – The Conquerors 478 – 23 Jan 1950 – The Ninth President 479 – 25 Jan 1950 – Letter to Stanley Doran 480 – 27 Jan 1950 – Ideas for Rent 481 – 30 Jan 1950 – The Unkind Mrs. Trollope 482 – 1 Feb 1950 – Incident at Messines Ridge 483 – 3 Feb 1950 – The Low Water Mark of Samuel Vinton 484 – 6 Feb 1950 – Ohio’s Oregon Trail 485 – 8 Feb 1950 – A Progress Report from the Cancer Fighters 486 – 10 Feb 1950 – Levi Coffin’s Railroad 487 – 13 Feb 1950 – Chief Joseph 488 – 15 Feb 1950 – The Rise and Fall of Bezaleel Wells 489 – 17 Feb 1950 – The Water Question 490 – 20 Feb 1950 – City for Caspar 491 – 22 Feb 1950 – Hell and Maria Dawes 492 – 24 Feb 1950 – The Remarkable Captain Roth 493 – 27 Feb 1950 – Birth of a Salesman 494 – 1 Mar 1950 – Ribbon of Steel 495 – 3 Mar 1950 – A Tale of Two Cities 496 – 6 Mar 1950 – The Number One Heavenly Lady 497 – 8 Mar 1950 – Major Stickney 498 – 10 Mar 1950 – The Harris Brothers 499 – 13 Mar 1950 – Hospital in Orrville 500 – 15 Mar 1950 – Born to Paint 501 – 17 Mar 1950 – This Courier 502 – 20 Mar 1950 – The Proper Study of Mankind 503 – 22 Mar 1950 – A Matter of Revenge 504 – 24 Mar 1950 – The Old Commodore 505 – 27 Mar 1950 – Hot Buttered Popcorn 506 – 29 Mar 1950 – A Message for the Queen 507 – 31 Mar 1950 – Questionnaire for the Bishop

File 11 – Volume 4, Number 2, Episodes from April to June 1950 508 – 3 Apr 1950 – The False Witness 509 – 5 Apr 1950 – Three to Make Ready 510 – 7 Apr 1950 – Signed, Lucas Sullivant 511 – 10 Apr 1950 – Their Brother’s Keeper 512 – 12 Apr 1950 – Buckeye Blacksmith 513 – 14 Apr 1950 – History and the State of Ohio 514 – 17 Apr 1950 – Cyclone from Peoli 515 – 19 Apr 1950 – The Wester Souburg Bell 516 – 21 Apr 1950 – The Early Bird 517 – 24 Apr 1950 – The Night of April 24th 518 – 26 Apr 1950 – On Stage Everybody 519 – 28 Apr 1950 – Load of Radishes for Boston 520 – 1 May 1950 – Adams’ ‘Rinos 521 – 3 May 1950 – The Ohioana Library 522 – 5 May 1950 – Mr. McKinley and the Scarlet Carnation 523 – 8 May 1950 – Ribbon for Judy 524 – 10 May 1950 – Frontier Election 525 – 12 May 1950 – The Silver Years 526 – 15 May 1950 – Mort Hamilton, Plain Dirt Conservationist 527 – 17 May 1950 – The Journal of Fortesque Cuming 528 – 19 May 1950 – Swan Song 529 – 22 May 1950 – Jim Cox 530 – 24 May 1950 – Ohio, Alpha to Omega 531 – 26 May 1950 – Sherman’s Dollar 532 – 29 May 1950 – Fisherman’s Luck 533 – 31 May 1950 – The Leatherwood God 534 – 2 Jun 1950 – The Lawyer 535 – 5 Jun 1950 – The Remarkable Stand of Captain M’Connell 536 – 7 Jun 1950 – The Biggest Little Ships in the World 537 – 9 Jun 1950 – His Honor the Mayor 538 – 12 Jun 1950 – Homegrown Symphony 539 – 14 Jun 1950 – The Bee Builders 540 – 16 Jun 1950 – The Judgment of Samuel Huntington 541 – 19 Jun 1950 – The Story of Hybrid Corn 542 – 21 Jun 1950 – The Cash Cost of George Root’s Freedom 543 – 23 Jun 1950 – Men of Iron 544 – 26 Jun 1950 – Ohio’s Big Front Yard 545 – 28 Jun 1950 – Shot with a Packsaddle 546 – 30 Jun 1950 – Boundary Line

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File 12 – Volume 4, Number 3, Episodes from July to September 1950 547 – 3 Jul 1950 – The Second Time Up 548 – 5 Jul 1950 – Mr. McKinley’s Lucky Carnation 549 – 7 Jul 1950 – The Commission of Christopher Gist 550 – 10 Jul 1950 – Horse Shoe Justice 551 – 12 Jul 1950 – Mike Bibich’s Big Contract 552 – 14 Jul 1950 – The Route of the Gentle Annie 553 – 17 Jul 1950 – Turkey in the Strawboard 554 – 19 Jul 1950 – Bathsheba Speaks for Herself 555 – 21 Jul 1950 – Milo Williams’ Big Little College 556 – 24 Jul 1950 – The Jim Worthington Case 557 – 26 Jul 1950 – Arms in the Sky 558 – 28 Jul 1950 – A Yank in Belgium 559 – 31 Jul 1950 – Fire-Alarm Joe Foraker 560 – 2 Aug 1950 – The Pfleugers 561 – 4 Aug 1950 – The American Education of Frank Vlchek 562 – 7 Aug 1950 – The Interview 563 – 9 Aug 1950 – Wire Across Ohio 564 – 11 Aug 1950 – Earthquake Reporters 565 – 14 Aug 1950 – Junior Champions 566 – 16 Aug 1950 – The Builders 567 – 18 Aug 1950 – Frontier First Lady 568 – 21 Aug 1950 – Carnegie’s Week in Ohio 569 – 23 Aug 1950 – Horse Collar Pad High School 570 – 25 Aug 1950 – Death of a Duel 571 – 28 Aug 1950 – The Londonderry Spy 572 – 30 Aug 1950 – State Fair 573 – 1 Sep 1950 – Agate Reid, War Correspondent 574 – 4 Sep 1950 – Six Days Shalt Thou Labor 575 – 6 Sep 1950 – John Havens, Dairyman 576 – 8 Sep 1950 – Semper Paratus 577 – 11 Sep 1950 – Field Day at Urbana 578 – 13 Sep 1950 – The Taxpayer 579 – 15 Sep 1950 – Buckeye Schoolmaster 580 – 18 Sep 1950 – Gentleman George 581 – 20 Sep 1950 – Mission to Ohio 582 – 22 Sep 1950 – The Inch Splitters 583 – 25 Sep 1950 – Ohio Columbus Barber, Match King 584 – 27 Sep 1950 – Cy Sprunger’s Livestock Auction 585 – 29 Sep 1950 – Out Our Way

File 13 – Extra Copy of Volume 4, Number 3

File 14 – Volume 4, Number 4, Episodes from October to December 1950 586 – 2 Oct 1950 – Pack Train to an Empire 587 – 4 Oct 1950 – It Almost Happened Here 588 – 6 Oct 1950 – Death Ray 589 – 9 Oct 1950 – Nathaniel Massie’s Empire 590 – 11 Oct 1950 – The Strange Mediocrity of Morrison Waite 591 – 13 Oct 1950 – Birth of a City 592 – 16 Oct 1950 – The Groza Brothers of Martin’s Ferry 593 – 18 Oct 1950 – The First Fire Engine 594 – 20 Oct 1950 – Better Known as Spebsqsa 595 – 23 Oct 1950 – A. Polsky Comes to Main Street 596 – 25 Oct 1950 – Earl Sloan’s Day Dream 597 – 27 Oct 1950 – Zion on Earth 598 – 30 Oct 1950 – Clarence Darrow for the Defense 599 – 1 Nov 1950 – Big Business in Chillicothe 600 – 3 Nov 1950 – Urbana and the Sands of Time 601 – 6 Nov 1950 – Mr. Fraczek Casts his Vote 602 – 8 Nov 1950 – Benjamin Lundy, Peaceful Abolitionist 603 – 10 Nov 1950 – Dave Kerstein, Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing 604 – 13 Nov 1950 – Signs of the Times 605 – 15 Nov 1950 – By Due Process of Law 606 – 17 Nov 1950 – Private Gleitsmann and the Prize 607 – 20 Nov 1950 – The Somerset-New Lexington Court House War 608 – 22 Nov 1950 – The Flatboat Farmers 609 – 24 Nov 1950 – Valley of Decision, 1777 610 – 27 Nov 1950 – Ambassador to Ohio 611 – 29 Nov 1950 – The Forgotten Stateman 612 – 1 Dec 1950 – Call Mr. Heller 613 – 4 Dec 1950 – Thanks to Tom Midgley 614 – 6 Dec 1950 – A Story-Teller’s Story 615 – 8 Dec 1950 – The Man Who Almost Became President 616 – 11 Dec 1950 – Hans and Alice, the Yodeling Cheese-Makers 617 – 13 Dec 1950 – Storm Water at Akron 618 – 15 Dec 1950 – Mid-Winter Madness 619 – 18 Dec 1950 – The Exemption 620 – 20 Dec 1950 – The Stranger 621 – 22 Dec 1950 – Sounds of Christmas 622 – 25 Dec 1950 – Bentz Plagemann’s Christmas 623 – 27 Dec 1950 – The Mad River Road 624 – 29 Dec 1950 – Fort Pulaski, Milestone in Artillery Warfare

File 15 – Volume 5, Number 1, Episodes from January to March 1951 625 – 1 Jan 1951 – Old Man River’s Child 626 – 3 Jan 1951 – Hatagan and O’Horo 627 – 5 Jan 1951 – Edward Tiffin and the Face of the Earth 628 – 8 Jan 1951 – Alias John Rose 629 – 10 Jan 1951 – Mother Molly 630 – 12 Jan 1951 – Ben Mortimer’s Advertisement 631 – 15 Jan 1951 – The Woodbridge Strip 632 – 17 Jan 1951 – Doc Beeman’s Pepsin 633 – 19 Jan 1951 – The Tool Builders 634 – 22 Jan 1951 – The Antagonist 635 – 24 Jan 1951 – The Department of Education 636 – 26 Jan 1951 – Lewis Cass and the Necessary Measures 637 – 29 Jan 1951 – Journey of No Return 638 – 31 Jan 1951 – Mission for Tomorrow 639 – 2 Feb 1951 – Jacob Burnet and the People’s Lobby 640 – 5 Feb 1951 – King of the Polkas 641 – 7 Feb 1951 – The Board of Education 642 – 9 Feb 1951 – The Resigning Mr. Whittlesey 643 – 12 Feb 1951 – Oil in Ohio 644 – 14 Feb 1951 – Citizen, Second Class 645 – 16 Feb 1951 – At Face Value 646 – 19 Feb 1951 – The Silken Thread 647 – 21 Feb 1951 – There Oughta be a Law 648 – 23 Feb 1951 – Home in Ohio 649 – 26 Feb 1951 – Gold Card for the Moose 650 – 28 Feb 1951 – Keeper of the Names 651 – 2 Mar 1951 – Dr. Cushing 652 – 5 Mar 1951 – Kelley’s Currency 653 – 7 Mar 1951 – Law of the Land 654 – missing 655 – 12 Mar 1951 – Q.S.T., Please Stand By 656 – 14 Mar 1951 – A King Comes Calling 657 – 16 Mar 1951 – The Doctor’s Degree 658 – 19 Mar 1951 – Jake Kamm’s Exchange 659 – 21 Mar 1951 – Mother Bickerdyke’s War 660 – 23 Mar 1951 – Absalom Martin’s Ferry 661 – 26 Mar 1951 – The Explorer 662 – 28 Mar 1951 – Be it Enacted, by the People 663 – 30 Mar 1951 – Major Sherman’s School

File 16 – Volume 5, Number 2, Episodes from April to June 1951 664 – 2 Apr 1951 – High Pressure Joe 665 – 4 Apr 1951 – Antarctic Flight 666 – 6 Apr 1951 – The La Salle Question 667 – 9 Apr 1951 – Ridgeley Torrence and his Dream 668 – 11 Apr 1951 – The Export Laws 669 – 13 Apr 1951 – State House Reporter 670 – 16 Apr 1951 – The Day the Bomb Falls, Part One 671 – 18 Apr 1951 – The Industrial Commission 672 – 20 Apr 1951 – Jim of All Trades 673 – 23 Apr 1951 – The Day the Bomb Falls, Part II 674 – 25 Apr 1951 – Keep Ohio Green 675 – 27 Apr 1951 – The Plowman 676 – 30 Apr 1951 – The Day the Bomb Falls, Part III 677 – 2 May 1951 – Junior Achievers 678 – 4 May 1951 – Though These Gates 679 – 7 May 1951 – The Drover 680 – 9 May 1951 – Mr. Glencoe and the Commissioner 681 – 11 May 1951 – Payment to Julia 682 – 14 May 1951 – This is my Commandment 683 – 16 May 1951 – Governor of the Squatters 684 – 18 May 1951 – Death to the General 685 – 21 May 1951 – The Case of John Smith 686 – 23 May 1951 – The Plummer’s Tunnel 687 – 25 May 1951 – Counterplot 688 – missing 689 – missing 690 – missing 691 – 4 Jun 1951 – The Curious Doctor Locke 692 – 6 Jun 1951 – Bird of Passage 693 – 8 Jun 1951 – The Sweeping Resolutions 694 – 11 Jun 1951 – Section 16 695 – 13 Jun 1951 – Gunckel’s Boys 696 – 15 Jun 1951 – Marietta’s Race 697 – 18 Jun 1951 – General McArthur, of Ohio 698 – 20 Jun 1951 – Sam Maynard’s Five Cents’ Worth 699 – 22 Jun 1951 – The Great Scheme 700 – 25 Jun 1951 – Will Thompson’s Music 701 – 27 Jun 1951 – For the Benefit of my Patients 702 – 29 Jun 1951 – Project Susie

File 17 – Volume 5, Number 3, Episodes from July to September 1951 703 – 2 Jul 1951 – The Land Freighters 704 – 4 Jul 1951 – Mike Reardon’s War 705 – 6 Jul 1951 – The Governors Bartley 706 – 9 Jul 1951 – Cargo for Cleveland 707 – 11 Jul 1951 – Bushel of Bullets for Perkins 708 – 13 Jul 1951 – Ohio Builds a Language 709 – 16 Jul 1951 – Sam Maynard and the Treasurer of State 710 – 18 Jul 1951 – Clapboards Come to Ohio 711 – 20 Jul 1951 – Frank Long’s Bookstore 712 – 23 Jul 1951 – George Marsh’s Testament 713 – 25 Jul 1951 – Secret of the Sewing Box 714 – 27 Jul 1951 – America’s Greatest Resource 715 – 30 Jul 1951 – The Legend of Prince Imperial 716 – 1 Aug 1951 – Made in East Liverpool 717 – 3 Aug 1951 – Mail Order Farming 718 – 6 Aug 1951 – The Good Count Coffinberry 719 – 8 Aug 1951 – Stars in his Eyes 720 – 10 Aug 1951 – The Second Battle of Put-in-Bay 721 – 13 Aug 1951 – Will Otis and the Buckwheat Empire 722 – 15 Aug 1951 – Miracle on the Muskingum 723 – 17 Aug 1951 – The Tabulator 724 – 20 Aug 1951 – John Young’s Town 725 – 22 Aug 1951 – The Birmingham Smoke-Eaters 726 – 24 Aug 1951 – A Victory for Cliffs 727 – 27 Aug 1951 – Boss Ket in Dayton 728 – 29 Aug 1951 – The Bounty Lands 729 – 31 Aug 1951 – A Street Named Ohio 730 – 3 Sep 1951 – The Builders 731 – 5 Sep 1951 – Cradle of Guernsey 732 – 7 Sep 1951 – Trouble in the Valley 733 – 10 Sep 1951 – A to Z 734 – 12 Sep 1951 – To Pittsburgh Landing 735 – 14 Sep 1951 – McKinley Yarns 736 – 17 Sep 1951 – The Councilman 737 – 19 Sep 1951 – Messrs. Sibelius, Tschaikowsky and Martin 738 – 21 Sep 1951 – New Magic on the Farm 739 – 24 Sep 1951 – Little Ships Passing 740 – 26 Sep 1951 – James Thurber’s World 741 – 28 Sep 1951 – If I Were Running It

Box 4

File 18, Volume 5, Number 4, Episodes for October to December 1951 742 – 1 Oct 1951 – To Bridge a River 743 – 3 Oct 1951 - Mark Hanna Wins Friends and Influences People 744 – 5 Oct 1951 – Out of Order 745 – 8 Oct 1951 – Brown Study, Part I 746 – 10 Oct 1951 – Brown Study, Part II 747 – 12 Oct 1951 – Brown Study, Part III 748 – 15 Oct 1951 – Murat Halstead was There 749 – 17 Oct 1951 – Birth of a City 750 – 19 Oct 1951 – the Big Land Muddle 751 – 22 Oct 1951 – Music by Wurlitzer 752 – 24 Oct 1951 – The Return of the Steamboat Race 753 – 26 Oct 1951 – Treasure in the North 754 – 29 Oct 1951 – The Continuing Miracle 755 – 31 Oct 1951 – Haunted House 756 – 2 Nov 1951 – The Balance 757 – 5 Nov 1951 – Mr. Chisholm and the Changing Times 758 – 7 Nov 1951 – Cargo of Death 759 – 9 Nov 1951 – Dr. Renshaw’s Split Second 760 – 12 Nov 1951 – John Fitch Invents the Steamboat 761 – 14 Nov 1951 – The Lost Authors 762 – 16 Nov 1951 – Sam Maynard Meets the Teacher 763 – 19 Nov 1951 – Four Point Man 764 – 21 Nov 1951 – The Return of Sam Hosmer 765 – 23 Nov 1951 – Peter Navarre, Frontier Scout 766 – 26 Nov 1951 – Birth of a Legend 767 – 28 Nov 1951 – Mike Reardon’s War – Conclusion” 768 – 30 Nov 1951 – The Compromise 769 – 3 Dec 1951 – Greatest Little Show on Earth 770 – 5 Dec 1951 – Kill or Cure 771 – 7 Dec 1951 – And Pass the Ammunition 772 – 10 Dec 1951 – Ohio Underground 773 – 12 Dec 1951 – George Maxwell’s Golden Rivers 774 – 14 Dec 1951 – Col. Johnson’s Contract 775 – 17 Dec 1951 – Elton Parks, Future Farmer 776 – 19 Dec 1951 – Eber Howe’s Heritage 777 – 21 Dec 1951 – Bill Dinwoodie’s Christmas Story 778 – 24 Dec 1951 – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 779 – 26 Dec 1951 – Buckeye Bullet 780 – 28 Dec 1951 – The Shakers in Ohio 781 – 31 Dec 1951 – Sign of the Double Barred Cross

File 19 – Volume 6, Number 3, Episodes from October to December 1952 899 – 1 and 2 Oct 1952 – Forward Pass 900 – 3 and 4 Oct 1952 – Footleather for Ohio 901 – 6 and 7 Oct 1952 – Water Wizard 902 – 8 and 9 Oct 1952 – Battle of the Giants 903 – 10 and 11 Oct 1952 – The Game Protector 904 – 13 and 14 Oct 1952 – The Champion of Champion City 905 – 15 and 16 Oct 1952 – Ring Around a Rainbow 906 – 17 and 18 Oct 1952 – Silver on Salt Creek 907 – 20 and 21 Oct 1952 – Network of Power 908 – 22 and 23 Oct 1952 – R.F.D. #1 909 – 24 and 25 Oct 1952 – Follow the North Star 910 – 27 and 28 Oct 1952 – Operation Skywatch 911 – 29 and 30 Oct 1952 – Green Island Light 912 – 31 Oct and 1 Nov 1952 – Fill ‘er Up 913 – 3 and 4 Nov 1952 – Voice of the People 914 – 5 and 6 Nov 1952 – The Electric Hen 915 – 7 and 8 Nov 1952 – Strange Reunion 916 – 10 and 11 Nov 1952 – Dr. Mathews Takes a Walk 917 – 12 and 13 Nov 1952 – Stark County Boy 918 – 14 and 15 Nov 1952 – Ephraim Quinby’s Town 919 – 17 and 18 Nov 1952 – The Spark of Life 920 – 19 and 20 Nov 1952 – Failure at Phalanx 921 – 21 and 22 Nov 1952 – Maxwell’s Mistake 922 – 24 and 25 Nov 1952 – The Man who Owned One 923 – 26 and 27 Nov 1952 – Thanksgiving Story 924 – 28 and 29 Nov 1952 – Another Man’s Son 924 [sic] – 1 and 2 Dec 1952 – The Building of the Andersons 925 – 3 and 4 Dec 1952 – Made in Pittsburgh 926 – 5 and 6 Dec 1952 – Weather Wizard 927 – 8 and 9 Dec 1952 – McIntire’s Mansion House 928 – 10 and 11 Dec 1952 – Morrie Pierces, the Iron Curtain 929 – 12 and 13 Dec 1952 – Dr. Perkins’ Monument 930 – none [possibly a correction for earlier numbering error] 931 – 15 and 16 Dec 1952 – The Bard of Avon 932 – 17 and 18 Dec 1952 – Mr. Willard Makes a Market 933 – 19 and 20 Dec 1952 – A Matter of Loyalty 934 – 22 and 23 Dec 1952 – Before Christmas 935 – 24 and 25 Dec 1952 – Up on the House Tops 936 – 26 and 27 Dec 1952 – A Visit from Peter White 937 – 29 and 30 Dec 1952 – The Great Sleigh Ride 938 – 31 Dec 1952 and 1 Jan 1953 – A Champion Comes Through

File 20 – Volume 7, Number 1, Episodes from January to April 1953 939 – 2 and 3 Jan 1953 – He Never Left Home 940 – 5 and 6 Jan 1953 – The Memory Detective 941 – 7 and 8 Jan 1953 – Ross-Country Legend 942 – 9 and 10 Jan 1953 – Who Said That? 943 – 12 and 13 Jan 1953 – Ride for the Record 944 – 14 and 15 Jan 1953 – Why Grass is Green 945 – 16 and 17 Jan 1953 – Motor Madness 946 – 19 and 20 Jan 1953 – Grand-Daddy of the Highway 947 – 21 and 22 Jan 1953 – The Dean 948 – 23 and 24 Jan 1953 – The Gentleman 949 – 26 and 27 Jan 1953 – Name Detective 950 – 28 and 29 Jan 1953 – Star Farmer 951 – 30 and 31 Jan 1953 – Wagon Boy 952 – 2 and 3 Feb 1953 – Free Water 953 – 4 and 5 Feb 1953 – Spirit of ‘76 954 – 6 and 7 Feb 1953 – Darling Nellie Gray 955 – 9 and 10 Feb 1953 – Men of Zoar 956 – 11 and 12 Feb 1953 – A Portrait of Abe 957 – 13 and 14 Feb 1953 – Bell Greve’s Beginnings 958 – 16 and 17 Feb 1953 – Supersalesman from Sandusky 959 – 18 and 19 Feb 1953 – Shoemaker’s Son 960 – 20 and 21 Feb 1953 – Margaret Blennerhasset’s Island 961 – 23 and 24 Feb 1953 – A Medal for Colonel Hayes 962 – 25 and 26 Feb 1953 – Life Began at 70 963 – 27 and 28 Feb 1953 – Freedom’s Proving Ground 964 – 2 and 3 Mar 1953 – Valley of Decision 965 – 4 and 5 Mar 1953 – Father of Ohio 966 – 6 and 7 Mar 1953 – Blueprint for Freedom 967 – 9 and 10 Mar 1953 – Law Comes to Ohio 968 – 11 and 12 Mar 1953 – Battle of Fallen Timbers 969 – 13 and 14 Mar 1953 – Line Across Ohio 970 – 16 and 17 Mar 1953 – Connecticut’s Western Reserve 971 – 18 and 19 Mar 1953 – The Bounty Lands 972 – 20 and 21 Mar 1953 – School Comes to Ohio 973 – 23 and 24 Mar 1953 – Ebenezer Zane’s Trace 974 – 25 and 26 Mar 1953 – The Ohio Jig-Saw 975 - missing 976 – 30 and 31 Mar 1953 – Ohio Becomes a State 977 – 1 and 2 Apr 1953 – The Drummer Boy of Shiloh 978 – 3 and 4 Apr 1953 – Norman Peale’s Destiny 979 – 6 and 7 Apr 1953 – Ohio’s First President 980 – 8 and 9 Apr 1953 – Homecoming 981 – 10 and 11 Apr 1953 – The French Five Hundred 982 – 13 and 14 Apr 1953 – Play Ball 983 – 15 and 16 Apr 1953 – The Plot Against Johnson’s Island 984 – missing 985 – 20 and 21 Apr 1953 – Tale of the Oberlin Elm 986 – 22 and 23 Apr 1953 – Tony the Baker 987 – 24 and 25 Apr 1953 – McGuffey’s Readers 988 – 27 and 28 Apr 1953 – Stag at Sharkey’s 989 – 29 and 30 Apr 1953 – Ohio, the Buckeye State

File 21 – Volume 7, Number 2, Episodes from May to August 1953 990 – 1 and 2 May 1953 – Local Boy Makes Good 991 – 4 and 5 May 1953 – Plowboy to President 992 – 6 and 7 May 1953 – Morgan Evans’ 37 Years 993 – 8 and 9 May 1953 – Madonna of the Trail 994 – 11 and 12 May 1953 – The Indirect Approach 995 – 13 and 14 May 1953 – Pontiac’s Conspiracy 996 – 15 and 16 May 1953 – When Old Betsy Spoke 997 – 18 and 19 May 1953 – Story of the Statehouse 998 – 20 and 21 May 1953 – Lindy and the Ambassador 999 – 22 and 23 May 1953 – The Circuit Rider 1000 – 25 and 26 May 1953 – Yank Ulmer’s Crusade 1001 – 27 and 28 May 1953 – Eddie Rickenbacker and the Indianapolis Jinx 1002 – 29 and 30 May 1953 – Memorial Day in Ward 37 1003 – 1 and 2 Jun 1953 – The Resolute Mister Hayes 1004 – 3 and 4 Jun 1953 – The Day of the Race 1005 – 5 and 6 Jun 1953 – Dickens Didn’t Like Us 1006 – 8 and 9 Jun 1953 – A Hundred Years of Co-Eds 1007 – 10 and 11 Jun 1953 – Monument for Colonel Crawford 1008 – 12 and 13 Jun 1953 – Correspondent from Pigeon Roost 1009 – 15 and 16 Jun 1953 – Grandma Briggs’ Airport 1010 – 17 and 18 Jun 1953 – John Brown’s Body 1011 – 19 and 20 Jun 1953 – The Sons of Dan’l Beard 1012 – 22 and 23 Jun 1953 – Cyclone from Peoli 1013 – 24 and 25 Jun 1953 – Jasper Meeks and the School Bags 1014 – 26 and 27 Jun 1953 – Phil Sheridan’s Ride 1015 – 29 and 30 Jun 1953 – Dave Rike’s Motto 1016 – 1 and 2 Jul 1953 – Mary Lou’s Auction 1017 – 3 and 4 Jul 1953 – The Siege of Fort Meigs 1018 – 6 and 7 Jul 1953 – Bobby Jones’ Kid 1019 – 8 and 9 Jul 1953 – One of my Family 1020 – 10 and 11 Jul 1953 – Jim Jeffries and the Mountain Top 1021 – 13 and 14 Jul 1953 – The Fighting McCooks 1022 – 15 and 16 Jul 1953 – The Difficult Days of John Cleves Symmes 1023 – 17 and 18 Jul 1953 – Some Good Must Come of This 1024 – 20 and 21 Jul 1953 – The Long Handled Shovel 1025 – 22 and 23 Jul 1953 – Howard Chandler Christy 1026 – 24 and 25 Jul 1953 – Ohio Robs a Bank 1027 – 27 and 28 Jul 1953 – I Remember Papa 1028 – 29 and 30 Jul 1953 – The Western Star of Lebanon 1029 – 31 Jul and 1 Aug 1953 – Those Fabulous Van Sweringen Boys 1030 – 3 and 4 Aug 1953 – Little Ben, Ohio’s Fifth President 1031 – 5 and 6 Aug 1953 – Good Times with the Goodings 1032 – 7 and 8 Aug 1953 – The Soap Box Derby 1033 – 10 and 11 Aug 1953 – The Forgotten Battle of George Rogers Clark 1034 – 12 and 13 Aug 1953 – Good News is no News 1035 – 14 and 15 Aug 1953 – The Ironmaster of Hanging Rock 1036 – 17 and 18 Aug 1953 – The Coonskin Library 1037 – 19 and 20 Aug 1953 – Hot Dog Stevens 1038 – 21 and 22 Aug 1953 – In the Fullness of Time 1039 – 24 and 25 Aug 1953 – The Crimes of Silas Doty 1040 – 26 and 27 Aug 1953 – The ‘Scope of Ormsby Mitchell 1041 – 28 and 29 Aug 1953 – God is my Partner 1042 – 31 Aug and 1 Sep 1953 – Joe Briggs Carries the Mail

File 22 – Volume 8, Number 1, Episodes from January to April 1954 1096 – 5 and 7 Jan 1954 – 20th Century Frontiersmen 1097 – 7 [sic] and 12 Jan 1954 – The Trial of Dorsey Viers 1098 – missing [or new pattern here, possibly airing old episodes in the vacant numbers] 1099 – 12 [sic] and 14 Jan 1954 – And God Bless Captain Video 1100 – 14 and 19 Jan 1954 – The Squirrel Hunter 1101 – missing 1102 – 19 and 21 Jan 1954 – the Ohio-Michigan Boundary War 1103 – 21 and 26 Jan 1954 – the Harris Brothers 1104 – missing 1105 – 26 and 28 Jan 1954 – The Human Equation 1106 – 28 Jan and 2 Feb 1954 – Farrar’s Momentous Speech 1107 – missing 1108 – 2 and 4 Feb 1954 – New Faces, New Lives 1109 – 4 and 9 Feb 1954 – Lemonade Lucy 1110 – missing 1111 – 9 and 11 Feb 1954 – Ink on his Fingers 1112 – 11 and 16 Feb 1954 – The Lincoln Hoax 1113 – missing 1114 – 16 and 18 Feb 1954 – The Post Boy Murder 1115 – 18 and 23 Feb 1954 – Tony Sustr’s Crusade 1116 – missing 1117 – 23 and 25 Feb 1954 – Murder in his Heart 1118 – 25 Feb and 2 Mar 1954 – Pistol-Packin’ Editor 1115 [sic] – 2 and 4 Mar 1954 – In Line of Duty 1116 – missing 1117 – missing 1118 – missing 1119 – missing 1120 – missing 1121 – 4 and 9 Mar 1954 – The Knox County Seat War 1122 – missing 1123 – 9 and 11 Mar 1954 – Teddy-Bear Man 1124 – 11 and 16 Mar 1954 – Father of the Comic Strip 1125 – missing 1126 – 16 and 18 Mar 1954 – The Mystery of Morgan’s Escape 1127 – missing 1128 – missing 1129 – 23 and 25 Mar 1954 – When the Rains Come 1130 – 25 and 30 Mar 1954 – Bitter Bierce 1131 – missing 1132 – 30 Mar and 1 Apr 1954 – Chardon Maple Sugar Festival 1133 – 1 and 6 Apr 1954 – “Land Bill” Allen 1134 – missing 1135 – 6 and 8 Apr 1954 – General Rosecrans’ Private War 1136 – 8 and 13 Apr 1954 – Lorenzo Carter’s City 1137 – missing 1138 – 13 and 15 Apr 1954 – Big Day at the Stadium 1139 – 15 and 20 Apr 1954 – Rebirth 1140 – missing 1141 – 20 and 22 Apr 1954 – Dream Town, Ohio 1142 – 22 and 27 Apr 1954 – Verity Day 1143 – missing 1144 – 27 and 29 Apr 1954 – Bill McKinley’s Big Decision

File 23 – Volume 8, Number 3, Episodes from September to December 1954 1185 – 2 and 7 Sep 1954 – The Battered Saddle of Sam Lewis 1186 – 7 and 9 Sep 1954 – Jim Brown, Master Counterfeiter 1187 – 9 and 14 Sep 1954 – Gateway to the South 1188 – 14 and 16 Sep 1954 – Duster, Goggles and Gauntlet Gloves 1189 – 16 and 21 Sep 1954 – Nathan Guilford and the School Bells 1190 – 21 and 23 Sep 1954 – The Big Ditch 1191 – 23 and 28 Sep 1954 – Cradle of Pro Football 1192 – 28 and 30 Sep 1954 – Decision at the Gate 1193 – 30 Sep and 5 Oct 1954 – Who Murdered John Cook? 1194 – missing 1195 – 5 and 7 Oct 1954 – The Lost Little Ones 1196 – 7 and 12 Oct 1954 – Dan Heaton’s Furnace 1197 – missing 1198 – 12 and 14 Oct 1954 – Cy Sprunger’s Auction 1199 – 14 and 19 Oct 1954 – Man Without a Country 1200 – missing 1201 – 19 and 21 Oct 1954 – Alfred Kelley Builds a Railroad 1202 – 21 and 26 Oct 1954 – What’s New at Nela? 1203 – missing 1204 – 26 and 28 Oct 1954 – Mary Worth Alias Apple Mary 1205 – 28 Oct and 2 Nov 1954 – The Mystery of the Bells 1206 – missing 1207 – 2 and 9 Nov 1954 – Frontier First Lady 1208 – missing 1209 – 9 and 11 Nov 1954 – The Great Barnum Hoax 1210 – 11 and 16 Nov 1954 – Ohio’s First Whtie Woman 1211 – missing 1212 – 16 and 18 Nov 1954 – The Facts, Ma’am 1213 – 18 and 23 Nov 1954 – Jim Foster and the Stranger 1214 – missing 1215 – 23 and 25 Nov 1954 – The Black Swamp Mutiny 1216 – 25 and 30 Nov 1954 – Alias Santa Claus 1217 – missing 1218 – 30 Nov and 2 Dec 1954 – Yes, Papa was Elected 1219 – 9 and 14 Dec 1954 – [note that #924 Another Man’s Son would be repeated] 1220 – 7 and 9 Dec 1954 – Helen Taft and the Cherry Blossoms 1221 – missing 1222 – 14 and 16 Dec 1954 – Thou Art no Different 1223 – 16 and 21 Dec 1954 – Chase’s Revenge 1224 – 21 and 23 Dec 1954 – Star of the Sea 1225 – 23 and 28 Dec 1954 – [note that #935 Up on the Housetops would be repeated]

File 24 – Volume 9, Number 1, Episodes for all 1955 1226 – missing 1227 – missing 1228 – 4 and 6 Jan 1955 – The Day the World Didn’t End 1229 – 6 and 11 Jan 1955 – [note that #898 The Orphan would be repeated] 1230 – 11 and 13 Jan 1955 – Mark Hanna Meets a Future President 1231 – 13 and 18 Jan 1955 – [note that #911 Green Island Light would be repeated] 1232 – 18 and 20 Jan 1955 – Ernie Jones and the Impossible 1233 – 20 and 25 Jan 1955 – [note that #915 Strange Reunion would be repeated] 1234 – 25 and 27 Jan 1955 – ‘No Matter What Happens 1235 – 27 Jan and 1 Feb 1955 – [note that #926 Made in Pittsburgh would be repeated] 1236 – 1 and 3 Feb 1955 – The Capture of “Pretty Boy” Floyd 1237 – missing 1238 – 8 and 10 Feb 1955 – The Strange Adventure of Solomon Sweatland 1239 – 10 and 15 Feb 1955 – [note that #1112 The Lincoln Hoax would be repeated] 1240 – 15 and 17 Feb 1955 – Doc Swoyer, Telephone Pioneer 1241 – 17 and 22 Feb 1955 – [note that Free Water from 2 Feb 1953 would be repeated] 1242 – 22 and 24 Feb 1955 – Homicide Squad 1243 – 24 Feb and 1 Mar 1955 – [note that #980 Homecoming would be repeated] 1244 – 1 and 3 Mar 1955 – The Duchess 1245 – 3 and 8 Mar 1955 – [note that #1005 Dickens Didn’t Like Us would be repeated] 1246 – 8 and 10 Mar 1955 – Battle Hymn of the Republic 1247 – 10 and 15 Mar 1955 – [note that #962 Life Begins at 70 would be repeated] 1248 – 15 and 17 Mar 1955 – Dan, Dell … and Judge Parker 1249 – 17 and 22 Mar 1955 – [note that #849 the Neuberg Treasure would be repeated] 1250 – 22 and 24 Mar 1955 – James Birney and the Freedom of the Press 1251 – 24 and 29 Mar 1955 – [note that #1010 John Brown’s Body would be repeated] 1252 – 29 and 31 Mar 1955 – A Presidential Romance 1253 – 31 Mar and 5 Apr 1955 – [note that #1026 Ohio Robs a Bank would be repeated] 1254 – 5 and 7 Apr 1955 – Harry, Perry and the Carlone Boys 1255 – 7 and 12 Apr 1955 – [note that #855 General Order #38 would be repeated] 1256 – 12 and 14 Apr 1955 – Cassie Chadwick’s Biggest Deal 1257 – missing 1258 – 19 and 21 Apr 1955 – George Hopper and the Tramp 1259 – 21 and 26 Apr 1955 – [note that #871 It Tolls for Thee would be repeated] 1260 – 26 and 28 Apr 1955 – Fred Goff and the Living Trust 1261 – 28 Apr and 3 May 1955 – [note that #878 The Morgan Legend would be repeated] 1261 [sic] – 3 and 5 May 1955 – The Narrow Borderline 1262 – 5 and 10 May 1955 – Return to Reality [12 and 17 May 1955 – note that #931 Bard of Avon would be repeated] 1263 – 17 and 19 May 1955 – Old Oberlin Inn [19 and 24 May 1955 – note that #968 Battle of Fallen Timbers would be repeated] 1264 – 24 and 26 May 1955 – the Seaway Comes to Ohio 1265 – 26 and 31 May 1955 – Unsung Hero of the Pacific 1266 – 31 May and 2 Jun 1955 – Clyde Beatty’s Playmates 1267 – 2 and 7 Jun 1955 – [note that #1018 Bobby Jones’ Kid would be repeated] 1268 – 7 and 9 Jun 1955 – Dean of News Photographers [9 and 14 Jun 1955 – note that #1025 Howard Chandler Christy would be repeated] 1269 – 14 and 16 Jun 1955 – Sleepy Tom [16 and 21 Jun 1955 –note that #1008 Correspondent on Pigeon Roost would be repeated] 1270 – 21 and 23 Jun 1955 – Disaster at Blue Rock [23 and 28 Jun 1955 – note that #1012 Cyclone from Peoli would be repeated] 1271 – 28 and 30 Jun 1955 – Epidemic [30 Jun and 5 Jul 1955 – note that #869 Dan Cooper Buys a Town would be repeated] 1272 – 5 and 7 Jul 1955 – The Big Bottom Massacre [7 and 12 Jul 1955 – note that #954 Darling Nellie Gray would be repeated] [12 and 14 Jul 1955 – note that #852 Big Bob Carnahan would be repeated] 1273 – 14 and 19 Jul 1955 – Skywatchers 1274 – 19 and 21 Jul 1955 – The Drovers [21 and 26 Jul 1955 – note that #1148 Education of Harvey Firestone would be repeated] 1275 – 26 and 28 Jul 1955 – The Talking Dog of Kelley’s Island [28 Jul and 2 Aug 1955 – note that #932 Mr. Willard Makes a Market would be repeated] 1276 – 2 and 4 Aug 1955 – Harnessing the Raindrop [4 and 9 Aug 1955 – note that #930 Doctor Perkins’ Monument would be repeated] 1277 – 9 and 11 Aug 1955 – The Mystery of Major, the Horse [11 and 16 Aug 1955 – note that #851 A Soft Answer would be repeated] [18 and 23 Aug 1955 – note that #951 Wagon Boy would be repeated] 1278 – 23 and 25 Aug 1955 – Refuge in a Strange Land [25 and 30 Aug 1955 – note that #1051 The Mystery of the Griffin would be repeated] 1279 – 30 Aug and 1 Sep 1955 – Tom Mitchell’s Revenge [1 and 6 Sep 1955 – note that #1184 New Market Devil would be repeated] 1280 – 6 and 8 Sep 1955 – Georgia Bowen’s Small World [8 and 13 Sep 1955 – note that #906 Silver on Salt Creek would be repeated] 1281 – 13 and 15 Sep 1955 – Let Music Fill the Skies [15 and 20 Sep 1955 – note that #873 Nickel and a Prayer would be repeated] 1282 – 20 and 22 Sep 1955 – Of Men and Horses 1283 – 22 and 27 Sep 1955 – A Letter to Smokey [27 and 29 Sep 1955 – note that #936 Visit from Peter White would be repeated] 1284 – 29 Sep and 4 Oct 1955 – What is a Fair Share? 1285 - 4 and 6 Oct 1955 – [note that #1209 The Great Barnum Hoax would be repeated] 1286 – 6 and 11 Oct 1955 – Anita Gilger’s Quest 1287 – 11 and 13 Oct 1955 – [note that #1204 Mystery of the Bells would be repeated] 1288 – missing or skipped 1289 – 13 and 18 Oct 1955 – Voice of the Browns 1290 – 18 and 20 Oct 1955 – [note that #1246 Battle Hymn of the Republic would be repeated] 1291 – 20 and 25 Oct 1955 – The Black Strings 1292 – 25 and 27 Oct 1955 – [note that #1222 Thou Art no Different would be repeated] 1293 – missing or skipped 1294 – 27 Oct and 1 Nov 1955 – A Day for Miss Nellie [1 and 3 Nov 1955 – note that #1228 The Day the World Didn’t End would be repeated] 1295 – 3 and 8 Nov 1955 – The Fascinating World of Insects 1296 – 8 and 10 Nov 1955 – [note that #1213 Jim Foster and the Stranger would be repeated] 1297 – 10 and 15 Nov 1955 – Sam Magill Versus 20,000 Germans 1298 – 15 and 17 Nov 1955 – [note that #1220 Helen Taft and the Cherry Blossoms repeated] 1299 – 17 and 22 Nov 1955 – Witches and Silver Bullets 1300 – 22 and 24 Nov 1955 – [note that #1215 The Black Swamp Mutiny would be repeated] 1301 – 24 and 29 Nov 1955 – The General Meets his Match 1302 – 29 Nov and 1 Dec 1955 – [note that #1224 Star of the Sea would be repeated] 1303 – 1 Dec and 6 Dec 1955 – [note that #1216 Alias Santa Claus would be repeated] [6 and 8 Dec 1955 – note that #1201 Alfred Kelley Builds a Railroad would be repeated] 1304 – 8 and 13 Dec 1955 – Management’s Vital Link 1305 – 13 and 15 Dec 1955 – [note that #1256 Cassie Chadwick’s Biggest Deal repeated] 1306 – 15 and 20 Dec 1955 – Fight for Life 1307 – 20 and 22 Dec 1955 – [note that #1210 Ohio’s First White Woman would be repeated] 1308 – 22 and 27 Dec 1955 – [note that #1195 The Lost Little Ones would be repeated] [27 and 29 Dec 1955 – note that #1238 Strange Adventure of Soloman Sweatland repeated] 1309 – 29 Dec 1955 – Captain Dodge’s Uncommon Courage

Scope and Content:

The Ohio Story scripts were donated by the author’s son, Jonathan Seidel, Cleveland, Ohio, on 12 Aug 1996. The original finding aid, developed by librarian Elizabeth Glasgow, said: “Collection contains the original scripts of the radio show, The Ohio Story, which aired in Cleveland during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Collection includes 2 stapled indexes to scripts running (by location) through Ada to Mesopotamia, Ohio, and 23 spiral-bound collections of scripts. Two sheets of biographical material about the author Frank Seidel are also included. The scripts read as such, complete with orchestra prompts, commercial breaks, etc. Not all scripts in the index were included in the donation.” In 2014, librarian Tom Neel applied for funding to digitize The Ohio Story holdings and was successful in receiving a $2000 Ohio Archives Grant to be matched by the Ohio Genealogical Society. The Ohio Archives Grants are funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), an arm of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) through their State and National Archival Partnership (SNAP) Grants program. The funded projects include organizing and preserving historical records and cataloging and digitizing records for improved access. Neel titled the project – “Digitization ofThe Ohio Story Script – Bringing Old Radio Back to Life,”

Developed by Strongsville native and historian Frank Siedel, the shows aired three times per week from 1947 to 1967 in Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Youngstown, and Zanesville. The sponsor was the Ohio Bell Telephone Company and the narrator was initially Robert Waldrop, and later, Nelson Olmsted (1914-1982). These were short pieces about Ohio communities, events, and personalities, generally ten minutes in length, and were used to fill air time after a 20-minute news block. They were conversational history, bringing in current events and a lot of humor. Examples include episodes on the “Ohio Soap Box Derby” airing 16 Aug 1947, “Jed Smith and the Far Ranges 16 May 1949,” and “The Little Brown Jug” 23 Sep 1953. Later scripts were also written by William Ellis, known for his Rivers of America series. A television version was initiated in June 1952. Stuart Buchanan was the director throughout. Both Tom Field and Robert Waldrop served as announcers.

The OGS collection of scripts is incomplete. We discovered that the Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland) has a partial collection and the Columbus Metropolitan Library and the Ohio History Connection (Columbus) have complete copies, but hard- bound. CML has offered to use their new book scanner to retrieve the episodes that we are missing. Russ Pollitt and Angela O’Neal from CML are assisting with this. Jon Seidel, son of the author, provided input. Both Ohio Bell Telephone Company (now AT&T Ohio – Ameritech Technologies Corp.) and WTAM 1100 Radio (Cleveland) were contacted but current employees didn’t know about the show or any possible corporate holdings.

In an age of Facebook and Twitter, these ten-minute human interest pieces are very similar to the way that the public receives news today. Nothing has changed in how we accumulate our knowledge of trivia. Students and historians will be able to search the metadata of The Ohio Story Scripts to learn about what the 1940s and 1950s audience thought was important in Ohio history. And these written sound-bites may be viewed from the user’s home computer 24/7. We want to publicly thank the Ohio Rec- ords Advisory Board and its Ohio Archives Grant program for allowing us to preserve this aspect of Ohio history. This will bring a new set of users to our web site who will learn something and be more supportive of Ohio history in the future.

The episodes held by OGS have been scanned and are on the web site: www.ogsarchive.org

Access: no restrictions

Provenance: Donated by Jonathan Siedel, Cleveland, Ohio, on 12 Aug 1996, son of the author; possible additions coming from Columbus Metropolitan Library (additional episode scans) and from Jon Siedel (photographs) at time of finding aid preparation per grant deadline. Will revise if more is added to the collection.

Key Words: Ohio-History, radio and television program, Ohio Story Scripts, Ohio Bell Telephone, radio scripts, Ohio-Biography, Ohio-Civilization, Ohio-Description and travel, Ohio politics and government, television scripts

Processed by: Elizabeth A. Glasgow, MLS, the OGS Librarian in August 1996; reassessed for OHRAB SNAP grant in 2014 by Tom N eel, MLIS, OGS Library Director; work on scanning for www.ogsarchive.org web site done by Aaron Turner MLIS, Deb Phillips MLS, and Nancy Strayer MLS, acting as interns; web technical work by Carla Cegielski, OGS Webmaster; new finding aid by Tom Neel, Library Director, December 2014.